The “Activa-mente” program is an initiative promoted by the volunteers of the Democratic Union of Pensioners and Retirees of Spain (UDP) aimed at combat the isolation and cognitive deterioration of the elderly, increased by the Covid-19 crisis.
«actively» is an initiative that seeks to combat the consequences of cognitive decline of the elderly and improve their basic functions so that in this way they enjoy a active ageing, greater autonomy and a last stage of dignified and independent life.
In this context, this new training and outreach initiative driven by the Volunteering of the Union of Pensioners of Spainwhich already has the support of twelve nursing homes than the implemented in their routines with success.
Thanks to the “Activa-mente” program, UDP publishes and distributes 500 support booklets to combat cognitive deterioration in the elderly
how it stands out immaculate ruizpresident of UDP, “The initiative has been very well received because it has been able to fulfill its main objectives: he increased personal autonomy and the improved functional performance of the users and residents of participating day centers and Residences”.
The beneficiaries of this program perform exercises aimed at improving your carethe stimulation of gnosia Or the executive functionamong other activities proposed in the notebook “Actively”. It’s all about functions necessary for the correct development of basic activities of daily living.
Together to the 500 copies of the notebook for cognitive stimulation distributed within the framework of ‘Actively‘, developed by UDP personnel with extensive experience in this field, this program is completed with two Blond Notebooksof “Memory and Gnosias”.
The and the material together “promotes mental activity, through attention or concentration exercises among others, in these moments where even social relations and normality prior to the pandemic have not been possible “points raquel herranzcoordinator of .